I ACCURATE, TERSE i timely fcCMEXXX" BvIarmersT motor loans I Than 900 Blanks Have Ken Filled Out; 2,000 M Expected to Apply 0A>S AVERAGE $125.00 Thousands of dollars have already V plsceij in the hands of Warfarmers by Uncle Sam indications nre that the govKffen: loan committee is no more ha]/ through its work in this I ^ fffcile more than 900 of the blanks 1 already been filled out by the Hjj loan machinery and forwardWashington, the list of apE$r;s continues to be seen at the house, and now it is believed ;here will be as many as 2000 trv ro borrow from government. Bve individual loans applied are understood to average not e than $125.00, 'the aggregate V amount far up into the thouH..'; iter the leans are filled out and foved by the local committee, Kj are forwarded to the departB. of agriculture in Washington, provided there is nothing Bgp. fee checks are sent to the Bp-erof deeds, together with the to be recorded, and when the cud has been completed, the >?& are mailed to whom they are | The checks have been coming n fa- several days, and apparently K local loan machinery is funcBsoas perfectly. I M to the business conditions I MUe'nhi.; practically clogged the! Bguiar chattels of credit, many of | Hhe best farmers in this county are year turning to the government Burgeons "Unlock" Jaws of Young Boy MEMPHIS. Tenn., March 30.? ^Kpeons today "unfastened" the Br of Eugene Barrett, 17. De Kalb, i whose jaws locked when he ; Bii years old as the result of ^B?:is. The opperation was a Iftr 12 years Barne:t could eat , ?y liquids A front tooth was re- < tied to allow a tube to be insert- < I ! 1 list September his right jaw was ] m;ed upon. The operation was o extensh e to be done on both fe at once. Bone surgeons explained the operion required chiseling through the iV and practically building a new 1 ncome Receipts Show An Increase WASHINGTON, March 31.?A j increise in collection of in- . ? tax ot. March 29 as compared ; ttt the same day a year ago was \in tne daily treasury March 29 amounted to ;ainst 5995,312 on the ay last year. tions b- ought the total >nth to 5193.078,150 as 1 ith 5331.736,751 and "he ; for the fiscal year to against $1,503,167,775 e period of the previous SONAL MENTION Mrs. A. J. Ellington and spent Sunday in Garysserge Robinson spent the 1 lidays with her parents in ' on Snipes of RichmondI: e week end here as the ' Mrs. Richard Snipes. I1 Al.ca L.mer of Raleigh V. 16 holidays here with her ji Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Limer. !' Mable Abrams, Miss Mat-1 m and Mr. Leon Mabry of | a spent Sunday in the home ^am Hampton and Mr. ' Cocnejy of Washington! Mr. and Mrs. Ray-1 Moulin on Monday. Miss Modlin, who spent the hol;days Ul home here, to Richmond with them. Howard Barnes of Severn William Brooks of Golds5e guests in the home of 5t-(l Mrs r> - Modtin ^ Maywood Modlin returned , Ccttege on Wednesday , ^K^^-ng the holidays with j B^_Wallace Mustian, who is B?S the Dental College of ^K^stern university, Chicago, Brttl(i Easter holidays with his ^B ^ iamiiy at Norlina. w f SCHEDULE OF EV Friday, Ap Warren County Scl 9:30 a. m. Pupils from other schoo All Trucks turn at Railroad grounds and railroad station i to start in parade. All Pupil once for parade. 10:00 a. m. Parade starts at Sound < Each Division starts in time I without delay. March in colu] 11:00 a. m. Division No. 7 returns Grounds. All Drivers! proceed their Divisions rest, ready to Exhibit Hall open after Pan 1111:00 a. m. Siren Blows for True with Truck No. 11 at front, Divisions fall in, in order. 11:15 a. m. Exercises begin at audit' Field. (Trucks Nos. 11, 4, will reti students who take part in bo 19-sn n m Fnd of Exercises and R 12:45 p. m. Trucksl form in order t Warehouse and Bragg Street corner, and preceeding 'to sa: of morning. 1:00 p. m. All Trucks parked as at 2:00-3:15 p. m. All students board T at times announced by respf schools. v Warrenton Girl Win High Honors At Chowan College MURFREESBORO, March 31.? Miss Maywood Modlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Modlin of 'Warrenton, has been elected president of the Baptist Student Union, highest honor conferred by the Student body of Chowan College. Miss Modlin, also elected president of the Alathenian Society and the Senior Class, resigned 'these offices because she believed she was holding too many honor credits. She is the only Chowan girl who has been president of every religious organization in school. She has """ "ti" at'-onripH frmr conventions J. fcV/V,XIl.lJ ? _ .! _ and the past year has led the B. Y. P. U., Y. W. A. morning watch and served as first vice-president of the B. S. U. Her friends feel that with this experience and natural ability that she is well prepared for the position of religious leader of .he campus. In addition to other duties, Miss Modlin has been manager of the Junior Tea Room of the College where her originality economy has won pleasing results and given her the name of the room's most efficient manager. Greece Must Pay Cash For Wheat WASHINGTON, March 30.-If the government of Greece wants buy 7,000,000 bushels of wh?at from the Farm Board it will have to pay cash. Indications that such a deal is imminent found no strong foundation in Washington. At the Farm Board the only comment was:?"Cash, no credit.'' The Greek Ministry said it has not presented an offer to the board since last December. At that time - * ? -J 1,000,000 Dusnejs iigurcu m MLV T discussions. Greece yesterday announced new decrees placing an embargo on Canadian, Argentine and Australian wheat imports. This was taken as a preliminary to possible reopening of negotiations with the board. Cotton Co-ops To Meet This Morning Warren county members of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative association are asked to meet at the court house this morning (Friday) at 11 o'clock when ai report on the activities of the association will be given by M. G. Mann, secretary-treasurer, and the annual primary convention will be held for the election of directors. According to R. T. Melvin, field agent, this meeting today will be the most important event of the year for the Warren county unit of the association. "Invite your neighbor to go with you to this meeting and I can assure you that he will' ? i? ? ivflv lWAluin states. tflljuy II/, im. 'Bearded Man* Proves To Be Nanny goat CHICOGA, March 30. ? The! housewife in West Chicago who) phoned the station that a bearded I man was looking in her bedroom window caused police only trouble, i The patrolman discovered that the "bearded man" was a nanny- j goat, which they brought to the station and locked in a cell. While the policemen were worrying about what to do with one goat she gave, birth to another. hr Mi rARRENTON, COUNTY OF \ ENTS FOR TODAY ril 1, 1932 100I Activities Day Is arrive at High Schobl Grounds. Station and park /bejtween school on Main Street, facing south ready s find proper places and form a; >f Siren. Division No. 1 Starts first, to fall in behind preceding division mns of four. to its Station near High School to their Busses immediately after , start Trucks for Truck Parade, ide turns at .Courthouse, k Parade to begin. Division No, 1, 1 leads, 12 miles per hour. Other orium, and Races begin at Athletic irn to High School for special th program). aces. i o leave athletic field via Farmers' * ,, unloading at Center Warehouse < ne parking places asj at beginning i ) beginning for inspection, < tucks for home at the High School, 1 ;ctive principals at their several 1 > ( Tar River Baptist Association To Meet < At Henderson 6th The Tar River Baptist Associa- , tion will convene in extraordinary session at the Henderson Baptist , church, on Wednesday, April 6, J. Edward Allen, Moderator, announce dyeeterday. This is the first extraordinary session of the association in a cen; tury and is called at the request of the Baptist State convention for , the purpose of checking up on the , spiritual life of the churches, Mr. , Allen said. The general theme of ] the session will be "The Exalta- ; tion of Christ in the\ Churches." ( The devotional message will be delivered by the Rev. D. P. Har- ' ris of Louisburg. Dr. Ira D. S. 3 Knight of Durham will give an < address, "A Closer Walk With ' God." A conference on "The Life > and Work of the Churches," will i be led by the Rev. Eugene L 3 Olive. The afternoon session will be j. featured by addresses by Dr. u. js. Barton, Secretary of Missions for . Alabama, and by Dr. Chas. E. Maddry. Dr. Maddry's subject will be "The Expectant Church." ! Three-Cent Postage Rate Is Adopted WASHINGTON, March 30.?A ' three-cent postage rate for letters was adopted by the House late today as part of the billion-dollar tax program. The vote was 147 to 63. Leaders in the House estimated that the 1 cent increase would bring $135,000,000 in annual revenue, the biggest item of the substitute tax ' measure. Other postal rates were ; not involved in the tax program. ' Town's Police Force Locked In Jail IRONTON, 0._ March 31.?The ' Proctorville pollce force is in Jail ior uwucggiiig* The force?Marshal Orville Carson and Deputy Marshals Melvin Ness and Ben Dunsee?were placed In jail at Portsmouth in de- ] fault of $10,000 bond each after \ pleading not guilty here. The mar- j shal and his men were charged < with selling five gallons of liquor. ; To top off Proctorville's plight, four prisoners held in the jail on j liquor charges escaped when their jt jailers were arrested. < i TAUGHT HIS WIFE JIU JITSU; 1 | USES SKILL ON HUSBAND , BOSTON, March 30.?Samuel Gilbert feared him frail wife would not be able to defend herself if attacked, so he taugh her jiu jitsu, he testified in a hearing of his separation suit. His wife learned so well she was * '- mm hp said, i SOOIl ciUJ.tJ 1/1/ Ui.II W VY J.1U14, , (and used jiu ji'tu on him "on six'; minor occasions and a half dozen major occasions." She did this, he went on, in spite of the fact that he had addressed "volumes of affectionate sonnets, ( poetry and prose" to his wife. , l Bros SIX NO TRUMPHS I WITHOUT SPADE IN HAND I WARSAW, Ind., March 30.? Charles Nichols, fireman, bid sixi no-trump in a bridge game without! a spade in his hand. j His opponents started with the i ace of spades. As the sixth straight spade trick was lost, Nichols col- i j lapsed. j Physicians revived him after an (hour. -jr?" . ' " /?* - *V * > trmt VARREN, N. C., FRIDAY, A ROBBERS AGAIN" PAY TOWN VISIT Break Into Two Filling Stations And Jack Riggan's Barbecue Stand MAY BE WORK OF BAND Robhers again visited Warrenton this week end entered two service stations and a barbecue stand. Burroughs Grocery Company and a number cf service stations have been entered during the past few weeks and the belief has been expressed that the robberies have been the work of an organized band. The Warrenton Service Station, awned and operated by W. B. Flem~ ? ? T~ -???1 ? ~ ??? n v?/3 VAbbnrl Uig, WtUS UIUJICII IIILU tlliu. 1UUULU during the early hours of Sunday morning. The thief or thieves smashed the front door and removed a small amount of money from the cash register, but bothered nothing else in the service station. Thompson's Service Station , located on 'the Liberia road a few hundred yards out of Warrenton, was broken into Monday night. A slot machine was stolen and a chewing gum machine was broken open and the pennies were taken. Jack Riggan's barbecue and hotdog stand was entered by robbers on Monday night. A check-up revealed that dishes and a few small items were stolen. To Present Comedy At Local High School "Peggy Lou," said to be one of the most enjoyable comedies of the season, will be presented toy the senior class of the John Graham high school in the auditorium on Friday night, April 8, at 8:15 o'clock. The plot is developed around a wreck that takes place on the Main Line Rail Road passing through Goldensburg. Peggy Lou Harris, a wealthy heiress who is running a,way from a distasteful marriage, is rescued by Dale Golden, and loving the unusual, * sly stays in his I o mo 4^ THo r>l5iv LIUI11C Clp ?1 ni.aiu> auv t""~J with an old time romance between Dale and Peggy. The Characters are: Peggy Lou Harris, Peggy Neaver; Dale Golden, Gordon Haithcock; Aunt Pat Golden, Bettie Cooper Davis; Glaria Evans( Billie Lancaster; Matilda, Emily Reid; Ed Hawkins, Edward Hunter; Ednah Ripton, Ida Daniel; Velda, Vealet Hofler; Julia, Emma Powell; Rickie, John Drake; Rosco, Arrington Gupton. Entertainment At Inez On April 5th A benefit musical entertainment has been planned at the Inez school house on Tuesday "night, April 5, at 8 o'clock, according to announcement made this week. A part of the proceeds will be given to the school or to the two churches at Inez. " ' j Utt "Oil MUSIC will De XUIIIIOXICU VJ u.1lie Rose of Morehead City and Raymond Shearin of Cejiterville. A piano and violin will be used. A small charge will be made. TWO DOZEN RABBITS NOW NUMBER FOUR DOZEN VAN NUYS, Cal., March 30 ? Ralph E. Kidd, who, like the central figure in Ellis Parker Butler's pig story, is a baggage N^ent, received a shipment of rabbits recently. The owner has failed to call. In the meantime the rabbits, numbering two dozen when they arrived here, gnawed their way out af their boxes. Kidd rounded them up. He found three dozen. Now there are four dozen. TOURNAMENT POSTPONED A bridge tournament, scheduled to be held tonight in the home of Mr. and Mis. L. C. Kinsey, has been postponed, Mrs. A. J. Ellington, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the American Legion Auxiliary, announced yesterday. Date of the tournament will be announced later. ONE CASE ON MONDAY Judge W. W. Taylor had only one defendent before him in Recorder's court on Monday morning. Roy Long, white man, was tried on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. He was found not guilty. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Celebrating his eleventh birthday, Billy Peete, son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Peete, entertained ten of his friends at a party on Monday. A yellow color scheme and Easter decorations were used. An Easter egg hunt was enjoyed following the party. j lPRIL 1, 1932 " -J White Plague's Foe Fifty years ago, March 24, 1882, Dr. Robert Koch, German scientist, discovered the germ of tuberculosis. The anniversary is celebrated by the ? 0S4 ascrx-iatinns fpdpratprt in flip National Tuberculosis Association. Church School To Begin On Sunday The Warren County training school for Sunday school workers begins at 7:30 Sunday night, at the Warrenton Methodist church. "It is hoped that the school will have large patronage," the Rev. E. C. Durham, pastor M. E. church said yesterday. "Other denominations than 'the Methodist are invited to attend." "The course to be taught by Mrs. H. M. Wade, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, 'How Shall I Learn to Teach Religion?,' will be such as to appeal to all parents and workers with children. Mr. L. L. Gobbel and Mrs. Earl Brian will teach courses that many Methodist people should take; in fact everybody interested in a unified program of Christian education should take one of these courses. Sunday school superintendents, pastors, teachers, and others, should take advantage of this splendid school. Begins Sunday night and runs through Friday night, April 3-8." Father of Rev. Phipps Dies On Wednesday Friends of the Rev. J. R. Phipps, pastor of the Presbyterian churches at Littleton and Warrenton, will regret tc learn of the death of his father which occurred Wednesday at his home at Greensboro. He was buried yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Alamance church, near V_TI CCIIOUUJ. U. The deceased had been in declining health for some time and about a month ago suffered a heart attack. Rev. Fhipps was called to his bed side at that time, but the condition of his flather improved sufficiently for him to return to jhis work at Warrenton and Little[ton. Rev. Phipps was called back to j Greensboro several days ago after his father developed pneumonia. Re-Appointed On Board of Elections Fred Moseley, C. M. Haithcock and W. J. Bishop were re-appointed i as Warren county's board of elec-1 tion at a meeting of the State board on Saturday. The board is composed of two democrats and one republican. Mr. Bishop is the republican j memoer. MRS. ARRINGTON MEMBER OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON, March, 31?Mrs. Peter Arrington of Warrenton, N. C., recently became a member of the National Cathedral Association i which through its annual membership offerings is helping 'to construct and maintain Washington Cathedral on the heights of Mount Saint Alban above the National Capital. Through taking out this membership, Warrenton was designated by a colored pin on the large map in the Cathedral Curator's office over which is hung the sign "All America Helps Build the Cathedral." j The name of Mrs. Arrington was | also recorded in the book of Reimembrance, containing the list of those making contributions and benefactions to the Cathedral, with fadeless India ink from a special formula, provided by the Library Qf Congress, on hot-pressed linen paper believed to exceed parchment jfor lasting qualities. I Of 14th century Gothic desjgn, Washington Cathedral will rank in size when completed among the notable edifices of the Christian world. It will be cruciform in shape. The total length, measuring from the exterior of the apse to the west front, will be 534 feet and the width at the transepts or cross arms will ! be 215 feet. The total area will be j 71,000 square feet, affording stand1 ing rrom at great services for 27,000 persons. School Folk Here Fo 4. Representative Sees ' Little Chance For Bonus Legislation ] WASHINGTON, March 31.?Representative Fish (R. N. Y.), on c leaving the White House today, said s he had informed President Hoover i he believed the possibilities of the t adoption of new bonus legislation i by the House had been shunted s aside by the Chief Executive's recent statement opposing such legis- j lation. Cop, Disguised As Woman, Is Kissed i , i a TTnAn A Til TV/Trt**r?V* Q1 AUHiUIVA, iix., iviai un ui..? body can steal a kiss from Police- j man Donald F. Curran and get , away with it. . j Having tossed aside his cigar, he , garbed himself in a Woman's long , cloak and sauntered down one of , the city's shadowed streets. On his . head was a saucy new spring hon- , net. From his hand swang a woman's handbag. He vowed he'd capture the man believed responsible for snatching thirty purses in 30 days or know why. Suddenly as he passed a tree, someone leaped upon him?a huge man, so powerful that he slowly but surely began to overcome Policeman Curran. Policeman Curran yelled for help. Then he was horror stricken. He felt the imprint of lips upon his cheek. His disguise was so good his assailant had stolen a kiss which made him so angry he gained new strength, seized his opponent and dashed him to the ground. When Policeman prank u arrow, responding to the cry for help reached the scene, Curran was sitting triumphantly upon the alleged pui-.se snatcher's head. The prisoner, a deaf mute, wrote his name as Lawrence Pannell, 40. He refused to give any address. Transparent Flea Has No Secrets PHILADELPHIA, March 30 ? ''Daphina" is a new martyr to science?a transparent flea that has no secrets. He is the property of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, and when placed under a misroscope he can be seen through. The goldfish compared to "Daphina" is a sheltered, recluse, and *he goldfish once held the sympathy of the world because of his lack of privacy. "Daphina's" innermost secrets are bared for the welfare of mankind. Under the miscroscope you not only watch the little flea eat, but you may follow the digestive process. You may watch his heart go pit-apat and detect the slightest sneeze. "Daphina" is used as a model for drugs, digitalis, the heart medicine, being one of his specialties. His reactions are noted and charted as a guide to human reaction. Wife Didn't Like fiihes On Check DALLAS, Texas, March 30.?Although her estranged husband is faithful about paying his $40 per week alimony, his wife doesn't like the manner in which he writes his checks, she con::ided to court officials. The checks are left at the district clerk's office and sometimes bear added inscriptions, such as: "Money for the unemployed" or "For sec- : ondstory aristrocracy." ' But there is nothing officials can i do about it, they say. COMMITTEE TO TAKE FINAL ACTION APRIL 6TH WASHINGTON, March 31.?The Senate election committee agreed to meet April 6th for final action on the North Carolina and Alabama election contests. The lack of a quctrum prevented considera- : tion of the two contests. < THIS SNAKE HAS HIPS CHICAGO, March 31.?The Field Museum has installed some snakes' : hips, according to announcement, thereby removing the point of another slang expression. The museum's snakes hips are part of an African rock python, which also has hind legs. The legs aren't much use to the snake, but : they do make the hips a fact instead of a fancy, j Mr. J. W. Mayfield of Camden, S. C., is visiting liis brother, Mr. < John Mayfield at Oine. MOST OF THE NEWS J ALL THE TIME NUMBER 14 s Rally r Exercises Parade of School Children And Trucks To Be A Feature of Program PATROLMEN TO BE HERE Waving flags will greet thousands )f visitors to Warrenton today as ichool children, teachers and pat ons gather here for school activi;ies day and the public will have in opportunity to view the work and scope of its educational system. Final details were completed last night and at 9 o'clock the first of the fleet of trucks will be rolling into town. Carpenters have been at work building booths in the Centre Warehouse where the various schools will exhibit projects carried out by the school children. Captain Farmer and a number of patrolmen of the highway system are expected to be present to aid in handling traffic. Mrs. Joseph S. Jones, County Nurse, will be at the courthouse to assist in cases of sickness or accident. Comfort facilities will be available for ladies and girls at several business places downtown, and at the High School. Rest rooms for both men teachers and women teachers are avialable at the high school. Food and cold drinks will be sold by the several schools, at Exhibit Hall, Athletic Field and School Grounds, as arranged with committee by school groups. The program of the day will open with a parade of the school children from the local school building, downtown, around the Courthouse square and return to the school where the truck parade will be formed and pass down Main Street to the Athletic Field. Athletic contest will consist of 16 events, eight of which are races, four basketball throws, and four baseball trows. Competition in all the events will be between high school boys, high school girls, elementary noys ana elementary girls. The races will be divided into 100-yard and 150-yard dashes. R. G. Daniel and Ed Harris will judge the evients. P. W. Codper of Afton-Elberon is chairman of the committee In charge of the athletic events. The program in the school auditorium will be under the direction of a committee composed of P. W. Cooper, chairman, Miss Rose Kimball, Miss Agnes Reeks, Misg Emily B. Milam. Miss Nancy Gillam will be curtain director. Marshal^ named are Nancy Ellis, Katherine Williams, Rosella Dameron, Helen Holt, Vivian Lawson, Mary Macon. Pollowing the opening chorus, "Father of the Land We Love," eight schools of the county system will put on short programs as follows: Areola?(1) "I Went to See My Friend One Day," six little girls. (2) Reading, "Patsy Petter's Problem," Junior Coon. (3) Song, "Careless Paul," group of children. Macon?Chorus, "Pond Lilies." Littleton?(1) "The Doll and the Teddy Bear," and (2) "Esmeralda," chorus from school. Norlina?Dutch Song and Drill, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades. Wise?(1) Reading, "Betty at the Base Ball," Willie Ball. (2) Song, "Dixie." Drewry?Play, "The Thirteen Colonies." Afton-Elberon?The Minuet. Warrenton?Oration, "Washington, a Statesman and Patriot," Emily Reid. United Choirs Give Cantata On S unday The united choirs of the churches in Warrenton rendered tha cantata 'Calvary" by Wessel on Easter Sun. day night to an audience that filled the Methodist church, notwithstanding the inclement weather. Probably nothing has beer, given in Warrenton in some 'time that was more enjoyed and appreciated in its fine rendition, it was staged. The Warrenton choirs were assisted tiy five singers from Gupton: Mrs. Person, Miss Duke, Miss West, Miss Wilkes and Mr. Watkins. The cantata was given under >;he direction of Mrs. J. C. Burwell. Solists were Mrs. Herman Rodwell, Mrs. Alfred Ellington, Miss L. B. Dameron, Miss Elizabeth Boyd, Mrs. R. B. Boyd Jr., Mr. John Dameron, Rev. E. C. Durham, Mr. J. C. Burwell Jr. ORDERED TO PAY Willie May Christmas, Norlina negress, was caught stealing from Rose's 5 and 10 cent store late Thursday afternoon of last week. She was given a hearing before Magistrate W. C. Pagg and ordered to pay for the goods which she had slipped into her pocketbook.